China's electric vehicle (EV) leader, BYD, is pushing aggressively into the next frontier of automotive competition: artificial intelligence.
Unitree Robotics' Nvidia-backed H2 Plus has sparked debate in China over who controls the robot body, AI brain and autonomy in a global ecosystem.
As artificial intelligence (AI) fuels an unprecedented surge in demand for advanced semiconductors, Applied Materials is deepening its commitment to one of Asia's most important chipmaking hubs.
During COMPUTEX 2026 and Nvidia GTC Taipei, energy once again dominated the AI data center conversation — only this time the question was not whether enough electricity existed, but whether it could arrive on time, arrive clean, and sustain 24/7 carbon-free operations.
Wistron ITS has officially changed its name to WITS. Chairman Ching Hsiao pointed out that the rebranding signifies the company's transition from software into the new frontier of "software-hardware integration."
Sharp's June 9 fiscal year 2026 business briefing highlighted a deeper partnership with Foxconn, with AI servers becoming the main focus. Sharp said it will begin selling AI servers in fiscal 2027, signaling a shift in both its business model and its role in Japan's AI infrastructure market.
Humanoid robots are attracting global interest, and COMPUTEX 2026 has opened its first robotics zone. Yet Taiwanese suppliers are focusing on physical AI, including AI computing platforms, edge AI, and application solutions. This reflects Taiwan's strengths in ICT and semiconductors, as well as the hurdles facing commercial humanoid robots worldwide.
China's embodied AI sector is entering a financing cycle that increasingly resembles the early days of electric vehicles. Investors, local governments, and technology groups are backing robotics companies that could translate AI into machines for factories, warehouses, public services, and eventually homes.
While marketing initiatives promote an ultra-fast transition to wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors, fully automated smart factories, and an all-electric automotive future, the sentiment across the PCIM Europe 2026 exhibition floor is more pragmatic. The industry has reached a transitional maturity wall where the realities of material physics, fragmented design silos, and macroeconomic supply shocks are clashing with marketing hype cycles.
Memory supply remains tight, and higher prices have made end markets cautious. Despite that, Apacer Technology CEO Chia-Kun Chang said that foundry shifts by the three major makers are irreversible, meaning DRAM and flash will stay in short supply, and the memory industry will continue to profit at least throughout the first half of 2027.
As demand for AI chips continued to surge, utilization rates at advanced semiconductor process lines kept climbing, making the circular-economy treatment of waste hydrofluoric acid and calcium fluoride sludge an essential service. Liying said the company's core strength lay in using intelligent production parameters to improve waste purity and regenerate the materials into green synthetic fluorite (calcium fluoride), helping semiconductor customers meet carbon reduction and ESG goals in advanced manufacturing.
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